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January 16, 2023
Flying into 2023
The New Year began for me with a surprise delivery in my mailbox. My author comps of the complete Catacombia trilogy, written under the pseudonym R.L. Ferguson, just arrived. These fantasy novels for young readers are published by Ravensburger in German translation, with fabulous cover design by Miriam Wasmus. The final hardback volume hit bookshops last month, in December 2022. You can read all about the Catacombia trilogy on this website:
Catacombia: Descent into the Deep Catacombia...
January 6, 2023
Stone Trilogy Desktops
Visit the great world-wall of Stone every time you turn on your computer with these exclusive desktop wallpapers. There’s one for each book in the epic fantasy trilogy, rendered in HD at 1920×1080 pixels for maximum clarity. Explore the mysterious castle of the Denneth! Voyage across the magical upturned ocean! Discover the secrets that lie at the very summit of Stone! Just right-click (PC) or Control-click (Mac) on the images to download.
Oh, and while you’re at it, you might like to read th...
January 3, 2023
A New Look for Dragoncharm
What better way to celebrate the New Year than with a new book cover?
Back in 2016, twenty-one years after its first publication in 1995 by HarperCollins, I reissued my first fantasy novel Dragoncharm as a self-published edition with revised text and a brand new cover. Now I’ve repackaged the novel with an updated cover.
So what’s changed? First, I’ve simplified the illustration to improve standout at thumbnail-size on Amazon. I’ve also split the title across two lines, a simple altera...
December 6, 2022
Catacombia: Keepers of the Flame – Publication Day
It’s always exciting to announce a new publication day! December 1, 2022, marked the release of Catacombia: Keepers of the Flame, the third novel in my fantasy trilogy for young readers, written under the pseudonym R.L. Ferguson. Out just in time for Christmas, the book concludes the rip-roaring adventures of Sam, a teenager who is unexpectedly plunged into a hidden underground realm, and his Catacombian friend Ella.
Here’s the blurb for the final volume in the Catacombia trilogy:
...October 29, 2022
Alien Film Franchise Encyclopedia – Coming Soon
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of the Alien Film Franchise Encyclopedia, a brand new in-world guide to the Alien universe, due to be published by Titan Books on 25 April, 2023 – just in time for the official Alien Day celebrations.
Through 2021-2022, I was part of a four-person writing team working in a top secret virtual bunker alongside my inestimable colleagues Clara Čarija, Seonaidh Kennedy and our stupendous head writer, editor and expert navigator-of-the-Middle-Heavens Joe Fordham...
September 22, 2022
Stone & Sun – New Edition Out Now
My reissue of the Stone trilogy is now complete, with the publication of a brand new edition of Stone & Sun. First published by HarperCollins in 2001, this epic fantasy novel is the concluding volume in the series that begins with Stone & Sky. Continuing his adventures across the world-wall of Stone, Victorian explorer Jonah Lightfoot embarks on his greatest journey yet as he heads for a final showdown with an immortal dragon, setting out in the only direction he hasn’t yet explored – up!
...August 3, 2022
Stone & Sea – New Edition Out Now
It gives me enormous pleasure to announce the publication of a brand new edition of Stone & Sea. First published by HarperCollins in 2000, this epic fantasy novel is a sequel to Stone & Sky and follows the continuing adventures of Victorian explorer Jonah Lightfoot as he sets sail across a vertical ocean filled with magic and mystery.
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The odyssey continues across the world-wall of Stone …
In a world beyond our own, Jonah Lightfo...
June 22, 2022
Stone & Sky – New Edition Out Now
Many months ahead of schedule, I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a brand new edition of Stone & Sky, my epic fantasy novel first published by HarperCollins in 1999. Except for a few very minor tweaks to the text, this new edition – available in paperback and for the first time as an ebook for Kindle – is a faithful reproduction of the original novel, which chronicles the adventures of Jonah Lightfoot, a Victorian explorer transported into a parallel world of extraordinary dimension...
May 26, 2022
Coming Soon – The Stone Trilogy Republished
Imagine a wall as big as a world, built from stones the size of city blocks. Giant castles cling to its face like limpets to a cliff. Broad ledges create roads winding into the unknown distance. Exotic creatures roam the heights. The greatest question is to ask what may lie at the top of this immense edifice. The greatest peril is to fall.
The name of the wall is Amara, but it is also called Stone.
In the year 1883, English naturalist Jonah Lightfoot and American settler Annie West are...
March 22, 2022
Catacombia Wins “Leipzeiger LeseKompass” Award
I was thrilled to learn that Catacombia: Descent into the Deep, my adventure novel for young readers written under the pseudonym R.L. Ferguson, has received a Leipzeiger Lesekompass award in the 10-14 age category. The first volume in a fantasy trilogy, the book tells the story of a boy called Sam who is unexpectedly plunged into a secret realm hidden deep underground.
A collaboration between Leipzig Book Fair and Stiftung Lesen, the Lesekompass – or “Reading Compass” – is an annual Germa...
